Volcan Body

Professional development is turning out to be great for my knitting productivity. My Volcan Hat has a completed body!

I probably could have finished this hat during my all day training except for I didn’t bring my DPNs to work the decreases. One good evening of TV and actually locating my DPNs should get this hat all the way done!

A couple of coworkers have complimented this hat. So I am thinking about a potential recipient. It’s almost May here so hats are NOT necessary anymore. I think I have some time to decide 🙂

Happy Knitting!!

End Of The Rainbow

Hear ye, hear ye….we have a completed rainbow on my Rainbow Radiate!

I powered through the rest of my colors thanks to the parents area of the trampoline park and my kiddo having a 3 hour birthday party. I did manage to use every color in the Hue Loco sampler pack. In the course of doing that I did have to add some extra rows to the instructions. Which works out nicely because I did not get row gauge on my swatch.

Now I need to move into just the grey main color and do some shaping before I separate for sleeves. I cannot WAIT to see what this looks like when the sleeves are portioned off.

Happy Knitting!!

Wishful Knitting: Crown Town Hat

Next up in my wishlist of projects I want to start….more hats! This time a Royals baseball themed hat with some yarn I just ordered.

I really like how the designers worked in the crown into the colorwork. That is just genius. I do think I will omit the pom pom as they just aren’t my jam. I have already bought the pattern so I just need to print and then get my supplies ready for when the yarn gets here!

Happy Wishful Knitting!!

I Think I Need More Colorwork

I spent some time this winter dipping my toe into colorwork hats. I made not one but two Chiefs Touchdown Beanies. I decided my dad also needs one of these Chiefs Beanies for next football season. I also found a pattern for a beanie in Royals (baseball) theme that looks fun

So I went to a local to me dyer and grabbed some of her yarn to work these again. As these teams are also local to her she has colorways that match really well. I got the actual Chiefs kit she makes in Worsted weight and then a blue and a gold skein in sport to make the Royals Hat.

Did I need new yarn? No. But the thought of these specific project made me excited and I couldn’t stop thinking about them and so I am leaning into where the mojo goes.

Happy Knitting!!

Wishful Knitting: CopyCat CC Beanie

I have been ignoring my queue for YEARS and for some reason I decided to knit something from it. Or else why have it? I decided to try the CopyCat CC Beanie.

I have a skein of grey Malabrigo Rios that should work nicely. I just need to print the instructions or get them into my phone and I think this will be one of my next hats. I realize that I am LONG past this trend but I think the finished object looks good and I the pattern looks easy.

Volcan Brim

Another week and MORE meetings. But that is good news for my Volcan Hat. I finished and turned the brim in one sitting.

I was in a room with different coworkers/muggles and I fascinated them all. I had my project bag hooked on my chair and just knitted away while we mapped out a process that needs…..adjusting. I made sure to ask the facilitator if it was okay since it was her room and she said go for it.

All I have left is the hat body and decreases so I need to start planning my next yarn for my next autopilot project. I thought about socks as I haven’t made those in awhile….but that felt forced so probably leaning towards another hat or cowl.

Happy Knitting!!

Visible Mending

I have this pair of ripped jeans that I love but where the rip is traveling up my strong thighs. I decided that I have the skills to make this better. And I thought of sashiko mending where you use thread and use running stitches to mend/reinforce.

I robbed my kids craft box and grabbed a blue and a black embroidery thread. I ended up choosing black as I liked the contrast against the blue jean fabric.

Are my stitches even and neat? Absolutely not. But this was a fun experience and I’m interested to see how this feels and how it wears the next time I put these on. I ran anchor stiches down each side of the opening and then crisscrossed using those anchors to reinforce the opening.

And if I don’t like this? I can totally rip it out and try again. Happy Sewing!!

Cast On: Volcan Hat

The next hat is on the needles after my Azules Hat finished. I am calling this the Volcan Hat.

Still a skein of Malabrigo Rios from my dopamine shopping trip in the color Volcan. For sure this is my next meeting/training knitting. In no shock to this space, this is my go-to 88 stitch basic beanie recipe on US 8s. My coworker really liked this yarn and called it “autumnal” and I think they are right. You really can’t go wrong with Malabrigo colors. And at this rate, I’m on track to knit them all!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Azules Hat

I have finished and tagged the Azules Hat!

Pattern: My own 88 stitch basic beanie “recipe”

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in colorway Azules

This project ended up using 74 grams or 155 yards of yarn. It’s a nice adult sized hat and will be perfect for the recipient I have in mind. This color of Malabrigo REALLY came out looking like blue jean fabric when it was knit up at my gauge, lol.

I really need to get my next hat on the needles! Happy Knitting!!

Peaks Of Pinks

We are back to golf lessons and patio time for mom. Which is great as my Rainbow Radiate has reached my first pink color!

I am glad I went back and corrected the stiches that were bothering me. The rows are long now that I have fully increased for my bust but the rainbow is worth it. I have three more colors to add after this hot pink. So I am CLOSE.

Of course after this it is miles and miles of stockinette body in the main color of the speckled grey. I should be careful what I wish for! Happy Knitting!!